Meanwhile in the Tacoverse ...

Testing finds toxic metals where Tesla discharges wastewater The drainage district that commissioned the testing has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, which says it is in compliance with all requirements for its state wastewater discharge permit.

I’m shocked. www.texastribune.org/2026/04/21/t...

In 2026 alone, my office has fought for: 

- Gender-affirming care

- TPS for our immigrant communities

- The EPA’s endangerment finding

- Mail-in voting

I’ll always fight to protect every person, our planet, and our democracy.

'I know everything': Brazilian model Amanda Ungaro, Paolo Zampolli, and how the Epstein Network Brought Them Both to Trump's White House Flown to New York on Epstein's jet at 17, partnered for two decades with the man who brought Melania to the US, deported before she could post bail after a single phone call to a federal official, Ama...

In 2002 a 17 year old from Londrina, Brazil boarded Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet in Paris and was trafficked to New York. Around 30 girls were on that flight. Ghislaine Maxwell prowled the cabin. Some girls sat on Epstein’s lap. The teenager was Amanda Ungaro.

www.yacnews.com/amanda-ungar...

Can't expect a rageful low-IQ bully to know how to negotiate.

🚨 Talks with Iran have collapsed before they even began.

Iran refuses to negotiate under a U.S. naval blockade and threats, and Trump says he expects bombing to resume once the ceasefire ends.

Iran is warning it will retaliate if attacked—and planned talks in Pakistan appear dead.

Army veterans have just staged a PEACEFUL PROTEST at the Capitol Building against the war in Iran and we're arrested!

How long before Trump denounces them as domestic terrorists, unlike those nice tourists who showed up there on Jan 6th?

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Epstein 🚨

WARREN: That's not my question. Are you refusing to tell us if you have investments in vehicles set up by Jeffrey Epstein?

KEVIN WARSH: Those assets will be sold if I'm confirmed

The Fed relies on data and objective reality. Kevin Warsh’s refusal to acknowledge the 2020 election shows he’s more interested in politics than facts.

An independent Fed Chair needs a backbone, not a loyalty pledge. — Warsh is compromised. Hard pass.

Like Hegseth stopping drinking, amirite?

Umm, dude!! WTF!!

Cc: @nbcnews.com @msnowreports.bsky.social @cnn.com @abc7.bsky.social @cbsnews.com @npr.org

Vance’s Trip to Islamabad on Hold as U.S. Says Iran Failed to Respond to Its Terms

The Vance Embarrassment Tour continues. So weird that Iran is unwilling to sit down with a country that started wholesale bombing them the last time they sat down together. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...

If not for Trump, what's the emoluments clause for? What's impeachment for? What's the 25th Amendment for? What's section 3 of the 14th Amendment for? What are checks and balances for?

The baddies are cherrypicking the Constitution the same way they do the bible: for their own benefit.

as unlikely as it may seem, somehow the Shitwit Brigade of Witkoff, Kushner and Couchfuck McGee were actually making headway — but then Preznit Fuckwit started posting once again about how he was going to bomb the shit out of Iran if they didn’t dance to his tune, at which point the Iranian negotiating team was all ‘why the fuck are we even talking to you?’

so, Donny's ace team of parking lot negotiators were actually close to a deal with Iran, when Donny blew it all up by tweeting infantile threats. awesome job, you fucking idiot. take a victory lap. I mock all that shit in today's post. thank you for your attention to it. link is here: bit.ly/3QkGa5v

And that’s the thing: a SEC made up of two accountants with a telephone and subpoena authority will be able to track the bank records.

What’s necessary is an admin dedicated to upholding the law.

Insider trading is a crime.

This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement. Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.

Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
New piece ↓
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Rep. Veasey (D, Texas) just rinsed RFK Jr. on his anti-vax bullshit, and RFK Jr. responded “everything you said is a lie”.

Veasey said that RFK Jr.

1. Claimed the measles outbreak has been fabricated by government officials to create fear.

2. That Hank Aaron died from the COVID19 vaccine.

Trump and his cronies will never put you and your family ahead of Big Oil Billionaires.

It’s not America First. It’s families last.

Good Tuesday morning, friends!

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Ghostin' the Empire is definitely what Iran is doing.

Can't really blame them.

Have a day, y'all!

#SheShed

KEVIN WARSH HAS ZERO CLUE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN A "DECISION" AND AN OUTCOME!!! NOBODY WITH THAT LOW INTELLIGENCE SHOULD EVER BE ALLOWED NEAR THE FEDERAL RESERVE!!!

VAN HOLLEN: If the central bank were to cut rates, that would typically push prices up, right?

WARSH: Unlike many of my colleagues, I don't believe I should be previewing what a future decision might be

VAN HOLLEN: I'm not asking you that. Most economists would agree that would dive up prices

Kevin Warsh just lost me. He argues he's going to be an independent Fed Chair, but refuses to acknowledge that Trump lost the 2020 election. If you can't state simple facts when you're in the political spotlight, you aren't independent. You're a coward.

Sorry I can’t fight today - I’m in bed with flu.

…because if you’re brave, you’re immune to the flu.
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Retired U.S. Army Lt Gen Mark Hertling: ‘A “warrior” emphasizes ferocity, killing, personal valor; a “soldier” is a professional operating under the law of armed conflict, follows lawful orders, and internalizes a code of values/responsibility.’

Apparently “warfighter readiness” doesn’t include avoiding being bedridden with a stupidly preventable seasonal illness

Hegseth cancels ‘absurd’ flu vaccine requirement for ‘brave warriors’ in military Hegseth described his latest directive as ‘restoring’ what he called ‘simple medical autonomy’ in response to the Biden administration’s Covid-19 policies

Pete Hegseth cancels ‘absurd’ flu vaccine requirement for ‘brave warriors’ in military